South Ossetians support independence from Georgia.
No, the vote was to join Russia. Where is the free vote on the status of Northern Ossetia? There is none, because this is the KGB.
Where is this Pro Georgia movement you speak of?
They were ethnically cleansed. Compare that to Adjara, where the Muslims got partial sovereignty within Georgia without war or ethnic cleansing.
And how is it our business what they do, secession is a natural right.
Are you being obtuse or do you not know the facts on the ground? They joined Russia and Russia invaded Georgia. This isn't about the Ossetes or Abkhazians it is about KGB control of Georgia. It is about KGB control of Caspian oil routes, so Russia can threaten Europe. It is about protecting Iran and Russia's deals with Iran.
Georgia broke the cease fire and invaded South Ossetia, those are the facts on the ground. Sashkasveli is a warhawk with an overinflated ego. Russia protected Ossetians, who are native to Russia and allies of Russia. You have yet to prove that their democratic independence referendum to form a free republic was rigged, or that there was a massacre of pro Georgian Ossetians. South Ossetia has no oil pipelines, and Russia didn’t conquer Georgia, they just whooped them and taught them a lesson.